Between the Philosophy of Religion and Cultural History
Susan Taubes on the Birth of Tragedy and the Negative Theology of Modernity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11050393 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sigrid Weigel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 2010 |
| Issue | 150 |
| Pages | 115-135 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/0310150115 |
| OpenAlex | W2318256978 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The caesura of tragedy, more precisely tragedy as the scene of a caesura upon which an interruption occurs in the relation between divine grounds and human will, stands at the center of Susan Taubes's confrontation with tragedy. Moving beyond an explication of generic history, she analyzed the “Nature of Tragedy” (1953) as a phenomenon emerging from a cultural-historical threshold situation, illuminating tragedy's origins in the framework of her approach to ritual, religion, and philosophy. In respect to the history of theory, these reflections are located at a transition point between religious and cultural history. Her argument that tragedy maintains a
Argument (complex analysis · Art · Epistemology · Explication · Greek tragedy · Literature · Modernity · Phenomenon · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Tragedy (event · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Theological Perspectives and Practices · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |